Improvement in paper neckties



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISHA CHILD, JR., OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPEWR NECKTIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,85@e dated May 22, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELISHA CHILD, Jr., of Springield, in the county ot' Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Paper Necktie; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Fignre 1 is a front view, in elevation, of my paper ueclttie. Fig. 2 is a back view, in elevation, showing the stock, band, clasp, and elastic ring. Fig. 3 is a view of the scarf folded. Fig. 4 is a View of the scarf before being folded. Fig. 5 isa front view of the clasp aloiie; and Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line. .1; x of Fig. l.

It is the object ot' my invention to make neckties ot' paper in imitation of textile fabrics .of any design or of any character of ornamentation; and to this end my invention consists in cutting from suitably-ornalnented paper a scart', stock, and band in the forni of any desired necktie, and folding the scartl in any design of' bow or plait, and uniting it and thc-stock and band by a metal clasp c-arryiug an elastic loop which fastens the parts of the necktie securely.

To carry ont my invention I cnt a scarf, A, Fig. 4, from suitably-prepared ornamented or plain paper, and fold the ends B across the middle portion, C, as in Fic'. 3. I now cnt from the same paper a stock, D, which is stiifened by pasting a lining piece upon the back. I also ont a band, E, thatmay be folded in plaits. The ends of the bancLE are folded together, placed upon the center of the stock, and secured thereto by a thin metallic clasp, F, that is closetknpon theV folds ot' the band and stock at one end and carries an elastic loop, G, at the othergtlfns' uniting the stock and band and loop, as shown-'in section at H in Fig. 6. The folded scarf-A is now passed Within the folded band until its center C comes opposite the stock, when the necktie is finished, as shown in Fig. 1. `The loop held by the lower end of the clasp serves to hold the necktie, which may be held in place by a button or other fastening.

It is obvious that the form of the parts or the mode of folding the scarf may be varied to any design that fashion may establish or taste approve, and that thc paper niay be ornamented in any style to imitate the various patterns of silk, cotton, linen, or woolen fabrics which may be Worn for equivalent purposes, and it is also manifest that the paper 'necktie will constitute a cheap, convenient, and ornamental, as Well as anew, article of manufacture, equally adaptable to the use of ladies or gentlemen.

What I claim as lny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The ornamented necktie composed of apaper scarf, stock, and band, and a metallic clasp carrying an elastic loop, combined and arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ELISHA CHILD, JR.

Witnesses.:

ALONZO BALLoU, W. H. PAIGE. 

